ON THE evening of 18 November 1987 at 19:43, Mark Silver's Northern Line service pulled into London's King's Cross station. "As soon as I got off the train I could smell burning," he recalled. "Then I saw the smoke coming round the exits. It was curling round the train." Deciding to re-board the train, he turned back towards the carriage, but found the doors had closed. As the train left the platform, Silver headed for the escalators, where he was directed towards the Victoria Line by a policeman.
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